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Tonight at “UFC on Fuel TV 7,” Josh Grispi hopes to get back on track.

The Plympton native will take on fellow featherweight Andy Ogle on the preliminary card, which airs live on Facebook. Grispi, who is on a three-fight losing streak, said he’s hoping to make the most out of this opportunity.

“It’s great that (the UFC) gave me another chance,” Grispi told the Herald. “My mindset is to just have fun and get back to training hard. I’m really focusing on this fight. I’m really studying my opponent. Just go out there and have a good time and really use my skills and be a little more efficient.”

In preparation for the fight, Grispi trained at South Shore Sportfighting in Norwell and Lauzon MMA in Easton. UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon’s gym recently moved from East Bridgewater to Easton and Grispi said the new gym has been worthwhile. By training there, his sparring partners, which include Lauzon, Dan Lauzon and Joe Proctor, change every week, which has been beneficial.

“It’s awesome. It’s beautiful there,” Grispi said. "All brand new matted, nice big cage. Two separate rooms for grappling and showers and all that good stuff. Tons of people go there too because they have a lot of fight team training. People from all different gyms come down on Saturdays and Tuesdays to spar. It’s really good to mix in the great local fighters. I’m sparring with people I’m not use to sparring with so it’s a great aspect of it.”

The last time Grispi won, he beat LC Davis at WEC 49 on June 20, 2010. It’s been a long time since his hand was raised and said he misses the feeling.

“I miss winning and just being aggressive,” Grispi said. “I feel like the last time I went out there I was more aggressive. The two times before that, I wasn’t me at all. It was not me whatsoever. I was doing everything different. I was eating different. And just trying things that I’ve never tried before. I shouldn’t have been, I should have just stuck to what I use to be doing. I just want the victory so bad. I miss the feeling of winning.”